Inclusive and Culturally Safe Care Resources

CNO’s Code of Conduct  includes Principle 2, which focuses on providing inclusive and culturally safe care. This principle highlights the importance of learning and understanding cultural context and how an increased awareness of, for example, disabilities, sexual identity and anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism, can influence client care. To support nurses’ learning on inclusive and culturally safe care, CNO recommends the following resources for guidance. We have included practice resources as well as reports that can help strengthen nurses’ learning.  

Provincial Resources

• British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives
  • Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism
  • Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism: Practice Standard Companion Guide
• College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario – Examining the root causes of ableism  
• Northern Health Indigenous Health – Cultural Safety
• The Ontario Human Rights Code 
• Ontario Human Rights Commission – Call it out: racism, racial discrimination and human rights
• WeRPN: My Commitment to Cultural Safety
• The 519 – Glossary of terms

National Resources (From CNO’s culturally sensitive care page)

• Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
• Canadian Medical Association Journal – Ableism in the medical profession 
• CBC News – The deadly danger of ableism in health care during a pandemic 
• Health Canada’s Indigenous Health 
• National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health 
• National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health 

Reports

• RNAO - Black Nurses Task Force Report
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 
• Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Page last reviewed November 07, 2023